In the aftermath that followed, the event was described by media sources from the UK and around the world as the greatest moment in Premier League history.

While City rarely seemed likely to drop below second in the table, they posed little title challenge all season. In the Champions League, the club was eliminated at the group stage for a second successive season, while a second FA Cup final in three seasons ended in a 1—0 defeat to relegated Wigan Athletic.

Manchester City won the —18 Premier League title. The club had the highest point total in Premier League history and broke numerous Club and English league records in that season.

Pep Guardiola , former manager of Barcelona and Bayern Munich , is the current manager, who has been in charge since the dismissal of Pellegrini in Traditional away kit colours have been either maroon or from the s red and black; however, in recent years several different colours have been used.

Milan would inspire City to glory. City have previously worn three other badges on their shirts, prior to their current badge which was implemented in The first, introduced in , was based on designs which had been used on official club documentation since the mids.

It consisted of a circular badge which used the same shield as the current badge, inside a circle bearing the name of the club.

In , this was replaced by a variation which replaced the lower half of the shield with the red rose of Lancashire. On occasions when Manchester City plays in a major cup final, the usual badge has not been used; instead shirts bearing a badge of the arms of the City of Manchester are used, as a symbol of pride in representing the city of Manchester at a major event.

A new club badge was adopted in , as a result of the previous badge being ineligible for registration as a trademark.

This badge was based on the arms of the city of Manchester , and consisted of a shield in front of a golden eagle.

The bottom of the badge bears the motto " Superbia in Proelio ", which translates as "Pride in Battle" in Latin.

Above the eagle and shield are three stars, which are purely decorative. On 15 October , following years of criticism from the fans over the design of the badge, [50] the club announced they intended to carry out a fan consultation on whether to disregard the club badge and institute a new design.

Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

The following players have previously made a league or cup appearance for Manchester City and are currently on loan at other teams:.

Since , Manchester City have not issued the squad number Hall of Fame , and are listed according to the year of their induction:.

About the Football Hall of Fame. The following former Manchester City players are inductees in the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame and are listed according to the year of their induction:.

Even in the late s, when the club were relegated twice in three seasons and playing in the third tier of English football then Division Two, now Football League One , home attendances were in the region of 30,, compared to an average for the division of fewer than 8, Supporters Club , formed from a merger of two existing organisations in City supporters tend to believe that unpredictability is an inherent trait of their team, and label unexpected results "typical City".

Before the Second World War, when travel to away games was rare, many Mancunian football fans regularly watched both teams even if considering themselves "supporters" of only one.

This practice continued into the early s but as travel became easier, and the cost of entry to matches rose, watching both teams became unusual and the rivalry intensified.

A common stereotype is that City fans come from Manchester proper, while United fans come from elsewhere.

In the late s, City fans started a craze of bringing inflatable objects to matches, primarily oversized bananas.

One disputed explanation for the craze is that in a match against West Bromwich Albion chants from fans calling for the introduction of Imre Varadi as a substitute mutated into "Imre Banana".

The holding company of Manchester City F. UKSIL then made a formal offer to buy the shares held by several thousand small shareholders.

A year later, this investment was itself dwarfed by larger sums. Created in the —14 season to manage the global footballing interests of Abu Dhabi United Group, the City Football Group CFG is an umbrella corporation owning stakes in a network of global clubs for the purposes of resource sharing, academy networking and marketing.

Through the City Football Group, City owns stakes in a number of clubs:. The pitch was lowered, adding another tier of seating around it, and a new North Stand built.

Current capacity stands at 55, A North Stand third tier has planning approval and work on it is expected to begin by , increasing capacity to around 61, After playing home matches at five stadiums between and , the club settled at Hyde Road Football Stadium , its home for 36 years.

Maine Road, nicknamed the "Wembley of the North" by its designers, hosted the largest-ever crowd at an English club ground when 84, attended an FA Cup tie against Stoke City on 3 March From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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